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Jacob Baum Sr.

Birth
Strasbourg, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Death
1767 (aged 43–44)
Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.69147, Longitude: -77.62258
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Jacob Baum was the first husband of Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner, who later married Rudolph Flenner. Although Jacob Baum was born 1723 in Strasbourg, France he was of High Dutch descent, according to Ernest Omar, Nay MD. who wrote the book, "Genealogy of the Flenner Family."

This Jacob Baum was the father of Jacob Frederick Baum, born 1764 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA, Martin Baum born 1765 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA. Martin became the Mayor of Cincinnati and later the Governor of Ohio. The youngest son was born 1766, also Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA. After their father's death, their mother, Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner married Rudolph Flenner.

When son's Jacob Baum, Jr. and Martin Baum moved to Ohio, their mother and step father moved with them, where they remained the rest of their lives.

Susannah Margaretha Kershner and her husband, Jacob Baum in Pennsylvania, are NOT the parents of these boys. They came to America already married. and she was much older than Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner, who is the mother of these boys. IF there is any relationship, it is unknown.

Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner was the daughter of Johanns Martin Kershner and Margaretha Magdalena Hager, and was born 1744-1748 in Washington County, Maryland, USA. She married both Jacob Baum, the father of the above sons, and Rudolph Flenner in Washington County, Maryland, with whom she had many more children.
Jacob Baum was the first husband of Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner, who later married Rudolph Flenner. Although Jacob Baum was born 1723 in Strasbourg, France he was of High Dutch descent, according to Ernest Omar, Nay MD. who wrote the book, "Genealogy of the Flenner Family."

This Jacob Baum was the father of Jacob Frederick Baum, born 1764 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA, Martin Baum born 1765 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA. Martin became the Mayor of Cincinnati and later the Governor of Ohio. The youngest son was born 1766, also Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA. After their father's death, their mother, Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner married Rudolph Flenner.

When son's Jacob Baum, Jr. and Martin Baum moved to Ohio, their mother and step father moved with them, where they remained the rest of their lives.

Susannah Margaretha Kershner and her husband, Jacob Baum in Pennsylvania, are NOT the parents of these boys. They came to America already married. and she was much older than Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner, who is the mother of these boys. IF there is any relationship, it is unknown.

Magdalena Elizabeth Kershner was the daughter of Johanns Martin Kershner and Margaretha Magdalena Hager, and was born 1744-1748 in Washington County, Maryland, USA. She married both Jacob Baum, the father of the above sons, and Rudolph Flenner in Washington County, Maryland, with whom she had many more children.


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  • Created by: P. Vaughn
  • Added: Mar 5, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187815853/jacob-baum: accessed ), memorial page for Jacob Baum Sr. (1723–1767), Find a Grave Memorial ID 187815853, citing Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by P. Vaughn (contributor 46862605).